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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 2 - Caught on Camera

Johnny Mercer will ‘soon be history’, says Keir Starmer after Inbetweeners jibe

The Labour leader hit back after Mr Mercer compared the party’s new 25-year-old MP Keir Mather to a character from cult Channel 4 sitcom.

The Independent UK

Starmer says voters issued ‘cry for change’ after Tories lose two by-elections

Rishi Sunak insisted the next general election is not a ‘done deal’ after the Conservatives clung onto Boris Johnson’s old seat.

The Independent UK

Watch: Keir Starmer speaks in Selby and Ainsty after Labour’s Keir Mather wins seat

Watch as Sir Keir Starmer speaks in Selby and Ainsty on Friday, 21 July, after Labour won the seat in Thursday's by election.

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Stormzy name-checks Sadiq Khan in his new song

“I do run the city like Sadiq,” he raps

Evening Standard

Who are the new Labour, Lib Dem and Tory MPs and what do they stand for?

Labour’s Keir Mather is voice of youth, Lib Dem’s Sarah Dyke is from local farming family and Tory Steve Tuckwell won on Ulez issue

The Guardian - UK

Who is Keir Mather? Selby winner becomes youngest MP in Commons

The 25-year-old has been branded “baby of the house”.

Evening Standard

Minister Johnny Mercer compares new Labour MP to The Inbetweeners

Keir Mather won Labour the Selby and Ainsty seat in one of three by-elections held on Thursday.

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‘Anyone but them’: True-blue Tory voters see red to hand Labour historic Selby by-election

New Labour MP vows ‘change’ as voters vent frustration at Boris Johnson ally he replaces

The Independent UK

Conservatives suffer record loss in Selby and Ainsty by-election

THE Conservatives suffered a record loss after Selby and Ainsty voted against the Government in a by-election.

The National (Scotland)

Analysis: Thumping double blow to the Tories, even if Ulez proved toxic for Labour in Uxbridge

‘Taken in the round, these by-election results do suggest that the Conservatives remain in deep electoral trouble,’ Politics Professor Sir John Curtice

Evening Standard

Friday briefing: An awful byelection night for Sunak – though the Tories avoid a wipeout

In today’s newsletter: a pair of major defeats for the Conservatives, but the PM will be relieved to have at least retained Boris Johnson’s old seat

The Guardian - UK

‘Baby of the House’: What we know about Keir Mather, the new youngest MP in the Commons

25-year-old becomes youngest MP in the Commons after overturning 20,000 majority in Selby

The Independent UK

Record swing in Selby but Starmer faces ‘serious questions’ as Labour fails to take Uxbridge

Labour had been widely expected to overturn a 7,000 majority in the outer London seat, but candidate Danny Beales fell short

The Independent UK

New MP jokes he’s ‘heard far worse’ when asked about being ‘Baby of the House’

Labour’s Keir Mather, 25, will become the youngest MP in the Commons after overturning a 20,137 majority in Selby & Ainsty.

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UK byelection results: Labour routs Tories in Selby and Ainsty but falls short in Uxbridge

Keir Mather, 25, is Selby’s next MP, as Labour narrowly fails to take Boris Johnson’s old seat of Uxbridge and South Ruislip and Lib Dems romp to victory in Somerton and Frome

The Independent UK

Thumping defeats for Sunak’s Tories but he is spared by-election whitewash

A win in Uxbridge and South Ruislip spared Rishi Sunak the ignominy of becoming the first PM to lose three by-elections in a night since 1968.

The Guardian - UK

‘Lots of Tories won’t vote’: can Labour really take Selby and Ainsty?

Voters in the former mining constituency turned Tory stronghold suggest the Conservatives have their work cut out in the forthcoming byelection

The Independent UK

Tory minister admits ‘we could lose all three’ byelections as Labour takes 24-point lead

Keir Starmer enjoys six-point bump, while focus group reveals Sunak considered ‘lame duck’ PM

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The Independent UK

Selby and Ainsty by-election voters say result ‘going to be tight’

Tory Nigel Adams secured a majority of more than 20,000 in 2019 but Labour is fighting hard to overturn it.

The Independent UK

Starmer says he’s happy to be branded a ‘fiscal conservative’ as he refuses to commit to greater public spending

Labour leader angers left by saying he will keep two-child benefit cap – but says he is happy to ‘ruffle feathers’

The Guardian - UK

Labour ‘throwing the kitchen sink’ at Selby byelection as hopes grow of shock win

Keir Starmer’s party believes it can topple Conservative rural strongholds as it competes with the Liberal Democrats in North Yorkshire

The Independent UK

Labour can win Selby and Ainsty as people are ‘very angry’ with Tories – Reeves

The shadow chancellor said residents blame the Conservative Government for soaring mortgage rates.

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